CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED
H.G. WELLS: THE TIME MACHINE
The Classic Illustrated version of H.G. Wells The Time Machine was published in July 1956 with the cover number 133. Below, before access to the full edition is a synopsis of that issue:
We meet the time traveler for the first time when he enters the room in his home after his return from the future. Gathered in the room are a number of his close friends that he had asked to join him for dinner one week before.
He then goes about telling his story starting with him getting in his time machine and sending himself and the machine into the future.
Along the way, apparently seeing nothing but a continuing series of wars, he pushes the dial forward accelerating himself thousands of years into the future in a matter of seconds.
He stops the machine 800,000 years into the future meeting a group of peaceful humans living in an almost a Garden of Eden-like setting.
That night he meets their counterparts with somewhat adverse results.
Over the next few days a member of the peaceful people, the Eloi, he made friends with, explains about who they are, i.e., the Eloi, and who the Morlocks are and that the Morlocks basically raise them like cattle for food.
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That night in the woods he is attacked by Morlocks. Knowing they don't like light he starts a fire to keep them away. As he falls asleep the fire dims and the Morlocks renew their attack, in turn spreading what's left of the fire beyond the pit setting the woods on fire.
After sleeping most of the next day he retrieves his time machine and returns home to tell the story as shown at the top of the page.
The original illustrated version has some 44 pages. The above synopsis, as you can see, although fairly comprehensive, is quite a few pages less than that. If the synopsis doesn't quite cut it for, you the complete issue, start to finish is available by clicking HERE or the cover below.
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TIME TRAVEL: MEETING YOURSELF
RESTITCHING THE HOLE IN THE FABRIC OF SPACE-TIME
RETURN TO:
H.G. WELLS
THE WANDERLING
